Sicherheitsupdate fur Windows XP (KB900725)

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Sicherheitsupdate fur Windows XP (KB900725)

Description

Add or Remove Programs entry for Sicherheitsupdate für Windows XP (KB900725). This is a critical security update for Windows XP that addresses vulnerabilities in the Windows Shell that could allow remote code execution.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows because of the way that it handles the .lnk file name extension. By persuading a user to open an .lnk file that has specially-crafted properties an attacker could execute code on an affected system.A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows because of the way that it handles files with the .lnk file name extension. By persuading a user to view the properties of a specially-crafted .lnk file, an attacker could execute code on the affected system.A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Web View in Windows Explorer handles certain HTML characters in preview fields. By persuading a user to preview a malicious file, an attacker could execute code. However, user interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.